From Darkness to Light
City of Bath Bach Choir has chosen to pay tribute to the tens of thousands men and women who gave their lives with a programme of poignant and powerful music, starting in a place of grief and sadness, but moving forward optimistically to the closing lines of Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms – Behold how good and how pleasant it is, for brethren to live together in unity. Wilfred Owen’s poem, Futility, is bleak, and the harmonies in Purcell’s Funeral Sentences, with solemn brass and muffled timpani,
7.30pm. Tickets from £21-£12. Concessions Children U16 £8
Bath Abbey Somerset BA1 1LT
Sat 15 Nov 2014